[U-Boot-Users] Booting the Linux image via nfs

[Ben Warren <bwarren@qstreams.com>]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Ben,
>
> in message <46D2EBBC.6020100@qstreams.com> you wrote:
>   
>> Yeah, it sounds like a nice idea to use the same protocol for 
>> everything, but another way of looking at it is to use the protocol 
>> that's best-suited for the job. TFTP was designed to efficiently move 
>> large blocks of data in one direction. NFS was designed with very 
>>     
>
> I disagree here, both on the "large blocks" and on the "efficiently".
>
> Remember that the initial 'T' in TFTP standas for TRIVIAL. 
>
> The design criteria were "as simple as possible and yet robust"
>
>   
s/large\ blocks/single\ files/
s/efficiently/easily/

That's enough bandwidth wasted on this topic.

Ben